30 projects found
EGMS data in PAI planning tools
Local From 15/05/2024 to 14/05/2026
Background In recent decades, InSAR data has been extremely helpful in identifying and delineating active landslides, as well as enhancing our understanding of geo-hydrological instability. However, due to the complexity…
Full cOveRage, Multi-scAle and multi-sensor geomorphological map: a practical tool for TerrItOrial plaNning
National From 28/09/2023 to 27/09/2025
Background Italy is an extremely fragile territory, widely exposed to hydrogeological hazards affecting anthropic infrastructures and the natural environment. In this scenario, geomorphological maps, including the representation of the spatial…
URban GEodiversity for a Resilient Environment
From 28/09/2023 to 27/09/2025
Background Geodiversity refers to the variety of natural abiotic features, as the natural variety of geological (rocks, minerals), geomorphological (landforms, physical processes), hydrological and soil properties. The parameter “geomorphodiversity” is…
Earth observation and climate change
National From 01/09/2018 to 28/02/2022
Background The OT4CLIMA project moves from the awareness that the impacts of climate change on the environment need to be better observed, understood, and modelled, especially at the local and…
Monitoraggio fluviale da rilevamento satellitare
Space agency From 15/11/2018 to 14/11/2019
Background Although representing less than 1% of the total amount of water on Earth, the freshwater is essential for terrestrial life and human needs. Despite the existing in-situ gauging networks…
A new independent GLOBAL rainfall product from ASCAT soil moisture observations through SM2RAIN
Space agency From 01/11/2017 to 30/06/2019
Background Accurate rainfall estimates are of paramount importance as rainfall plays a key-role in many fields as, to cite a few, natural hazard assessment (floods and landslides), drought management, weather…
Monitoring of the Gollone landslide, Acceglio (CN)
Regional From 01/09/2015 to 31/10/2017
Background The landslide monitoring represents a strategic activity, especially for those phenomena for which it is not possible (for technical or financial reasons) to realize stabilization interventions of the landslide.…
Methodology for the estimation of environmental risk indicators, using satellite remote sensing techniques
Regional From 01/06/2008 to 31/01/2009
Background EPSILON Italia, the leader of the partnership proposing the project, is a SME, located in Calabria, specializing in the delivery of advanced services for the protection and management of…
Sentinel for Geohazards regional monitoring and forecasting
European From 01/01/2016 to 31/12/2017
Purpose SAFETY aims at providing Civil Protection Authorities with the capability of periodically evaluating and assessing the potential impact of geohazards (volcanic activity, landslides and subsidence) on urban areas. The…
STSE Water Cycle Multi-mission Observation Strategy for the Mediterranean
Space agency From 01/09/2015 to 30/08/2017
Background Monitoring the water cycle from satellite observations is one of the major goals of the EO community and closing the water budget has been a long-standing objective of international…
SMOS+RAINFALL
Space agency From 31/07/2015 to 30/06/2017
Background Quantitative information about precipitation is one vital input to meteorologists, hydrologic scientists, water resources managers, and environmental legislators. Yet, accurate measurement of precipitation over the relevant space and time…
H-SAF AS: Integration of PR-OBS-5 and SM-OBS-1 products through SM2RAIN algorithm for improving rainfall estimate
Space agency From 16/06/2015 to 16/12/2015
Background State-of-the-art satellite rainfall products are often the only way for measuring rainfall in remote areas of the world. However, these products may fail in properly reproducing the amount of…
37 YEARS OF SOIL MOISUTRE DERIVED RAINFALL: application of SM2RAIN to the CCI soil moisture product, algorithm improvement and product validation
Space agency From 15/05/2015 to 14/11/2016
Background Recently, IRPI-CNR has developed an innovative approach for estimating rainfall from satellite soil moisture data, named SM2RAIN. The ESA funded project “Climate Change Initiative – Soil Moisture“ (CCI-SM) offers…
Use of SMAP soil moisture products for operational flood forecasting: data assimilation and antecedent wetness conditions assessment
Space agency From 01/04/2015 to 31/12/2019
Background The project aims at using Soil Moisture Active and Passive (SMAP) soil moisture (SM) products at different spatial resolution (3, 9, and 36 km) for hydrological applications in Europe…
EUMETSAT Satellite Application Facility on Support to Operational Hydrology and Water Management
Space agency From 16/09/2005 to 31/03/2022
Background The H-SAF generates and archives high-quality data sets and products for operational hydrological applications starting from the acquisition and processing of data from Earth observation satellites in geostationary and…